- When Merle comes back the next day, the apple is gone. Looks like the old painter did want a little treat.
- This time, she sneaks into the orchard and takes four apples: two for the old painter and two for her.
- She eats one on the way home and brings the other into her bedroom for a late night snack.
- The night, she dreams that she is riding a dragon right over her house. Wee.